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Vale: Lynn Bayonas
Australian Producer and Writer Lynn Bayonas has died, following a long battle with cancer.
Bayonas was Producer of children’s series The Saddle Club for Crawford Productions from 2001 – 2008 after a six year stint as a writer in Hollywood on Sunset Beach and Prime Time (US).
Screen Hub notes she started in the industry almost by accident, as a young Australian in London in the 1960’s, who became Orson Welles’ assistant, where she learnt the art of screen storytelling.
A 2002 profile in The Age notes Welles taught her about flexibility in storytelling, …
Aussie writer to be honoured by US Publicists
Australian writer and NCIS Executive Producer Shane Brennan will be honoured by America’s ICG Publicists.
Brennan, who also oversees NCIS: Los Angeles will be feted at the publicist society’s 2010 awards in March, receiving a small-screen showmanship award.
“Shane has been described as a whirl of energy, producing, writing and editing episodes of two of television biggest hits,” awards committee chairman Henri Bollinger said. “He also has a keen sense of what will attract an audience. Something we call showmanship.”
Last year’s recipient was Chuck Lorre.
Brennan joined Crawfords Productions as a scriptwriter on Cop …
Vale: Monica Maughan
Respected actress Monica Maughan, best known for her television work in Prisoner, has died in Melbourne.
She also won an AFI and Logie award for her work in The Damnation Of Harvey McHugh, played Nana Scott to a young Graham Kennedy in The King, and appeared in numerous Australian productions including The Librarians, MDA, Blue Heelers, Crackerjack, Halifax FP, The Genie from Down Under, The Gillies Report, The Flying Doctors, Come in Spinner, Coln Carpenter, The Box, Matlock Police and Homicide.
Her performance in Nightmares and Dreamscapes “Crouch End” aired on Wednesday …
Talia’s shot at Fame
Talia Fowler, winner of So You Think You Can Dance Australia, has turned down a contract with the San Francisco Ballet company to take up a role in the upcoming stage production of Fame.
She will be joined by another finalist, Nigerian born Tim ‘Timomatic’ Omaji.
The revival of the stage show, based loosely on the feature film, is directed and choreographed by Dance choreographer, Kelley Abbey.
Other television faces in the cast include Andrew McFarlane (Underbelly, The Flying Doctors, The Sullivans) and veteran actor Brian Wenzel (A Country Practice).
The production also has a …
Vale: Ray Barrett
Film, stage and television actor Ray Barrett died suddenly on Tuesday morning from a brain haemorrhage following a fall. He was 82.
Barrett’s wife said he suffered from chronic low-blood pressure which in recent weeks had led to several falls.
Screenwriter Andrew Knight (After the Deluge) said on hearing the news, “Oh no, I was about to go up and see him”.
Barrett was formidable on the big screen in feature films including Don’s Party, Hotel Sorrento, Brilliant Lies, Goodbye Paradise, The Winter Dark and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, for which he won …
Vale: Charles “Bud” Tingwell
Veteran actor Bud Tingwell has died in a Melbourne hospital this morning after a battle with prostate cancer. He was 86.
Tingwell was considered to be the ‘grandfather’ of the Australian film and television industry. He has a wealth of film, television, theatre and radio achievements.
Tingwell became the youngest radio announcer in Australia when he was employed at Sydney radio station 2CH as a cadet, then joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1941 and was sent to the Middle East as a photographic reconnaissance pilot.
He entered the film industry in the …
Logie Awards 2009: Gallery
“It’s good to be here,” said Gretel. “I have never personally won a television award.” Except for running second in a poll of TV’s most annoying host, she joked.
“This is a chance for me to say hello to you at home whom I have not seen in a long time.
“It is a little bit daunting to be back in the spotlight,” she conceded….
Vale: Reg Evans
The Herald Sun has noted the death of character actor Reg Evans, 80, in Victorian bushfires.
An English migrant, Evans was born in 1928, started in television in 1964 on Consider Your Verdict, and worked on many Australian series: Skippy, Division Four, Matlock Police, Power Without Glory, Homicide, The Sullivans, Skyways, Are You Being Served, Prisoner, The Flying Doctors, Snowy River, MDA, Seachange, Something in the Air and Blue Heelers.
His film career includes Mad Dog Morgan, Mad Max, Manganinnie, Women of the Sun, Gallipoli, Kitty and the Bagman, Strikebound, Evil Angels, …